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By Carl Weinschenk Dec 27, 2025

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By Carl Weinschenk

Carl Weinschenk is a veteran technology and telecommunications journalist who has covered the industry for decades. He created Vote This Time to encourage sporadic and non-voters to participate in the 2026 midterm elections.

Keeping Up

I sporadically email a newsletter highlighting pieces posted at VTT. Send me a note at votethistime1@gmail.com and I'll put you on the list.

Trump in Your Wallet

The current administration is costing you a lot of money. Here's an ongoing list:

Healthcare: Sunset of key ACA tax credits
Student loans: Deep changes increase costs
Food: Tariffs/trade wars
Housing: Tariffs on materials, immigration crackdown increases labor costs
Energy/Fuel: War with Iran
Imports: Tariffs/trade wars

Comparing Party Positions, State by State

The two parties govern in very different ways. Objective assessments (created with the help of AI) hopefully will make the point that not all parties and politicians are the same and therefore your vote matters. Click on the states we've covered so far:

Wisconsin
Alaska
Ohio
Illinois
New Jersey
California
Texas
Michigan
North Carolina
New York
Georgia
Iowa

The Goal of Vote This Time

Approximately 34% of eligible voters did not vote in the 2024 presidential election. About 48% didn't in the last midterm election.

We are in a national crisis. If you are a sporadic or non-voter please check out our content and revisit that decision.

Contact VTT at votethistime1@gmail.com. Check us out at Bluesky and LinkedIn.

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